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- 601: Huckleberry Finn and The Issue of Race In Our Country
- ... not be an issue on the mental growth of today's students as in the case of Huckleberry Finn, one of Mark Twain's contested books in all history, to be taught in the high school classrooms. Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn should be taught in all high schools because students and parents should not be ashamed of their past, it has been a required novel for many years at ... Finn should be taught in all high schools regardless of race for the main reason that students and parents should not be ashamed of their past. In Kathy Monteiro's complaint to the Tempe, Arizona school board she stated, "It's [the 'N' word] inappropriate anywhere but particularly in the classroom ... That should not be ... The price that a student pays when they go into the classroom [sic] to exchange any ... most cases black people are the least discriminated with this whole diversity they have caused that white people in some way owe them for their past. Furthermore, since Huckleberry Finn as been a required high school novel for many years it should not be suddenly taken off school lists and library shelves. To this day there have been no high school incidents where dark skinned students have been harassed by ...
- 602: A Seperate Peace
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles A Separate Peace was written by active author John Knowles from his real experiences and personal struggles. Knowles attended Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire prep school, for two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. This book vaguely outlines his experiences at Exeter with himself as the main character but under the name of Gene Forrester. Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. The primary setting of A Separate Peace is at the Devon School. The exact location of this school is not known in terms of a state, but it is identified as being in the South, sitting between a freshwater and a saltwater stream. The bulk of the story takes place in the ...
- 603: Something Wicked This Way Come
- ... Scholasticism] Early universities were the first representation of the spread of Scholasticism and philosophy. They brought together the great minds of the age and allowed scholars to be educated. They lay the foundation for our school systems today, combining many teachers in different areas of study to teach students, rather than expecting one teacher to know everything. The first period influencing Scholasticism, the classical period, was the time before Christ. This ... and despised natural philosophy or scientific philosophy. Plato's influence extended long past his own life and, indeed, never died. The Academy remained a going institution until 529 AD. Plato's philosophy even after the school was closed maintained a strong influence of the thinking of the Christian Church. It was not until the thirteenth century when Aristotle gained dominance. Aristotle was born after Plato in 384 B.C and is ... the Great. When Alexander became the king he protected the Academy, and at the same time sent Aristotle to Athens to found a rival establishment in Athens. In 335 B.C Aristotle began his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy had been narrow in its interests but the Lyceum, under Aristotle pursued a broader range of subjects. [Allan 7] During this time that he ran the school he wrote the ...
- 604: Colin Powell
- ... in New York not in Jamaica (source 1, page 20, 21). Colin Powell is a smart man. Surprisingly when he was in fourth grade he was in the slow class. When he attended Junior High School, he went to an all male school. He did well academically but he was over looked by his parents because his sister, Marilyn Powell, always did better. He attended Morris High School in 1950. He was good in high school; he never got into any fights or any sort of trouble. He completed High school in 1954 (source 1, page 29, 30, 32). Powell applied to ...
- 605: Colin Powell
- ... in New York not in Jamaica (source 1, page 20, 21). Colin Powell is a smart man. Surprisingly when he was in fourth grade he was in the slow class. When he attended Junior High School, he went to an all male school. He did well academically but he was over looked by his parents because his sister, Marilyn Powell, always did better. He attended Morris High School in 1950. He was good in high school; he never got into any fights or any sort of trouble. He completed High school in 1954 (source 1, page 29, 30, 32). Powell applied to ...
- 606: There Are No Children Here
- ... day to day lives, we, the readers, are also enveloped in the boys' surroundings. We learn about their everyday lives, from how they pick out their clothes, to how they wash them. We go to school with them and we play with them. Throughout the book, we are much like flies on the wall. We see and feel everything the boys' go through at Henry Horner Homes, the project where they ... to never live. He began following in the footsteps of his older brother Terrence. It started with petty theft and shoplifting, stealing candy and the like. Eventually Lafeyette broke into a car. Pharoah succeeded in school. He was an excellent student, he had admirable study skills, and thrived in spelling. He even placed in a spelling bee. Later, Kotlowitz sent and paid for the two brothers to attend a private school called Providence-St. Mel. Pharoah is flourishing there. He enjoys having two hours of homework every night. He started out behind in math and reading and is slowly catching up. His daydreaming and forgetfulness ...
- 607: John Dalton
- ... but "although they were never hungry they were poor" Dalton was lucky he was a Quaker , other boys received little or no education, but as Quakers Dalton received a fair education at the closest Quaker school . For Dalton it was an achievement going to school since in those times only one out of two-hundred and fifteen people could read. John Dalton went to the Quaker school at Pardshow Hall. Dalton was quick when it came to studies and in mathematical problems he was good and seem to be tireless of them. John Fletcher was Dalton's teacher, he was a ...
- 608: Should Scholarship Athletes Work?
- Should Scholarship Athletes Work? Should college athletes on full ride scholarships be able to hold a job during the school year? Well up until Monday, January 12, 1997, full scholarship athletes were forbidden to hold jobs during the school year. For the last five years this has been a very controversial issue in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, known as the NCAA. Imagine being from a poor family and going to college on a full-ride scholarship for basketball. Under the old legislation, that player is not allowed to work or receive money from the school. In turn the player cannot afford to even travel home over the holidays to be with his family. Athletes should be able to hold a job during the school year in order to get ...
- 609: Motown’s Evolution and with Emphasis on Its Women
- ... become Motown. Berry started out as the all-sining-all-dancing-kind-of-the-heap type of producer. He took control of every aspect of the beginning artists career. He was known for his “finishing school where artists where artists were taught how to walk, sit, talk properly among other things. His Graduation Rule: “This is a finishing school. If you don’t pass your courses, you’re finished.” They were literally taught and instructed how to move, what to sing, most of the time what lyrics to sing. Cholly Atkins was eventually hired as a choreographer who came to work for Motown some years later to polish up the acts. He worked in the “finishing school” and was responsible for teaching the newly-found teenagers how to act and provided modeling and etiquette lessons. These women were conformed to the Motown style. It was left to Berry’s own discretion ...
- 610: Mother Teresa
- ... her family and everything she knew to serve God at the Loreto Abbey in Dublin Ireland. There, she learned how to speak English. In November, she went to India to teach English in an Indian school. In 1929, Agnes started her novitiate in an Abbey in Darjeeling, and abbey in the foothills of the Himalayas. A novitiate is the time a nun spends studying, praying, and contemplating before she takes her ... St. Therese, the patron saint of missionaries. On May 14, 1937, Teresa took her final vows, promising to serve God for the rest of her life. Teresa eventually became the principal of Loreto Entally, a school in Entally (a district of Calcutta) where she taught history and geography. Everyday, Teresa would look out of the convent to the streets of Calcutta. She longed to help the starving and dying people on ... materials, or companions. The first place Sister Teresa decided to go was the slum that she could see from outside her window while teaching in the Loreto convent called Motijhil. She decided to start a school there. On the first day, five children showed up for class. There were no desks, books, or chalkboards, but Sister Teresa still managed to teach. She started by teaching the alphabet. Soon, the number ...
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